The Broncos will meanwhile celebrate the most successful season in program history. Western Michigan led the nation with 33 wins and won the NCHC regular-season title before making it to the program's first championship game appearance thanks to a double-overtime national semifinal win over Denver.

Kalamazooans will wake up Sunday morning knowing they now are home to the best college hockey team on the planet. The Broncos not only dethroned the previous national champion, Denver, on Thursday night, they outplayed the blue-blooded Bostonians, a school in which Frozen Four appearances have been a rite of passage.